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Space Dragon cargo ship company Space X has successfully completed the fourth mission
Dragon Spacecraft private company Space X has completed its fourth round of the ISS and splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. October 25 the ship was disconnected using the 12-meter arm, then sent a team to the Earth Dragon.
Dragon was established to study the transfer of samples and space cargo to the International Space Station to Earth. October 25 space truck last took the cargo to the ISS and was sent astronauts Vayzmanom Reed and Barry Wilmore last journey. To detach Dragon from the cargo compartment of the module of the ISS Harmony, the crew used a 12-foot hand-grip, which is controlled remotely.
space truck on the night of October 26, crashed into the sea off the coast of Mexico. Dragon will return to Earth about 1, 5 tons of cargo to the ISS, which will be sent to the port near Los Angeles. Specialists SpaceX will use the ship in the future to create on its basis an improved model.
Under contract with NASA will be held 8 more flights before 2016 (all under contract with NASA, there should be 12, 4 have already been completed). NASA has announced a competition among private companies, which will last until November 14. The essence of the essence of which is the competition in the delivery of cargo to the space station. With the company Elon Musk contract signed until 2016.
With the winners of a new competition will be contracted from 2017 to 2020.
Source: geektimes.ru/post/240740/
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